Sara Clarenbach

Background

Clarenbach, Sara was born on January 20, 1949 in Nyack, New York, United States.

Education

Student, University Iberoamericana, Mexico City, 1967;

student, Centro de Estudios Hispanicos, Madrid, 1969;

Bachelor, University of Wisconsin, 1970;

postgraduate, Colegio de Mexico, Mexico City, 1970;

postgraduate, Escuela Nacional Antropologia, Mexico City, 1970;

Juris Doctor, University of California, Berkeley, 1973.

Career

Staff attorney, director, Legal Aid Society, Watsonville, California, 1974-1976;

deputy public defender, Biggam, Christensen & Minsloff, Santa Cruz, California, 1976-1978;

associate, Adams, Levin, Kehoe, Bosso, Sachs & Bates, Santa Cruz, 1978-1985;

juvenile court referee, County Santa Cruz, 1980-1981;

solo private practice, Aptos, California, 1986-1991;

field director, Clarenbach for Congress, Madison, Wisconsin, 1992;

pro bono coordinator, State Bar Wisconsin, Madison, 1993-1994;

associate, Heisinger, Buck, Morris & Rose, Carmel, California, 1994-1996;

associate, Newman & Marcus, Capitola, California, 1996-1997;

partner, Newman, Marcus & Clarenbach, Capitola, since 1997. Pro bono attorney panel Superior Court, Santa Cruz, 1976-1984. Vice president, president Santa Cruz County Board Law Library.

Trustees, 1976-1986, 88-91. Judicial arbitrator Superior/Municipal Court, Santa Cruz, 1979-1991, 96-, judge pro tem, 1981-1991, 96-. President Santa Cruz County Bar Association, 1982, 91.

Pro bono corporation.counsel Center for Nonprofits, Aptos, California, 1987-1991. Member Monterey College Law Board, 1989-1991. Arbitrator American Arbitration Association, San Francisco, 1990.

Faculty National Institute for Trial Advocacy-Western Regional Program, Berkeley, 1990. Legal assistant program advisory board University of California Ext., Santa Cruz, since 1995. Active Monterey County Bar Foundation Board, Monterey, California, 1995-1996.

Board secretary Monterey County Women Lawyers Association, Monterey, 1995-1996. Instructor and speaker in field.

Achievements

• Sara Clarenbach has been listed as a reputable Lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Legal liaison affirmative action task force Santa Cruz County Commision on the Status of Women, 1975-1979. Board directors Control Coast Counties Development Corporation, 1975-1981, California Rural Legal Assistance, 1978-1981, Santa Cruz County Cmty. Counseling Center, 1979-1981, El Pajaro Cmty.

Development Corporation, Watsonville, 1985-1986, Cabrillo Music Festival, Santa Cruz, 1985-1987, Dominican Santa Cruz Hospital, 1990-1993. Bioethics committee member Dominican Santa Cruz Hospital, since 1996. Member State Bar Wisconsin (board member nonresident lawyers division since 1995, treasurer since 1997), Santa Cruz County Trial Lawyers (board member since 1994, secretary 1995-1996, president-elect 1996-1997, president since 1997), Women Lawyers Santa Cruz County (founder, board/program chair 1997), Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Delta Pi, Mortar Board.

Interests

• Avocations: ballroom dance, tennis, scuba diving, water sports, camping.